Benzinga - The DeFi project SafeMoon, on Tuesday, said that its liquidity pool, or LP, has been compromised.
What Happened: SafeMoon CEO John Karony took to Twitter and said the platform took prompt action to resolve this issue quickly. “I want to make clear that our DEX is safe. This ultimately affected the SFM:BNB LP pool.”
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Karony said that the SafeMoon team met with key advisors to agree on a plan that protects token holders and the community. “We have located the suspected exploit, patched the vulnerability, and are engaging a chain forensics consultant to determine the precise nature and extent of the exploit,” he tweeted.
The compromise comes at a time when SafeMoon just launched its security product, Orbital Shield.
To our valued community,Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) co-founder Billy Markus, also known as Shibetoshi Nakamoto, took to Twitter to respond to the news. He said, “Dogecoin has been around for 9 years and doesn’t have an LP [liquidity pool] because it’s not a stupid piece of sh*t token made to take money from m**ons’.”As you may be aware, on Tuesday 28 March, SafeMoon’s Liquidity Pool was compromised. We have taken swift action to resolve the situation and protect our community. I want to make clear that our DEX is safe. This ultimately affected the SFM:BNB LP pool.…
— John Karony (@CptHodl) March 29, 2023
Price Action: At the time of writing, SafeMoon’s native token SFM (CRYPTO: SFM) was trading at $0.00019, down 17% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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